Theroteinus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Synapsida |
Clade: | Therapsida |
Clade: | Cynodontia |
Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
Order: | † Haramiyida |
Suborder: | †
Theroteinida Hahn et al., 1989 |
Family: | †
Theroteinidae Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
Genus: | †
Theroteinus Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986 |
Type species | |
†Theroteinus nikolai Sigogneau-Russell et al., 1986
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Other species | |
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Theroteinus is an extinct genus of haramiyidan mammaliaforms from the Late Triassic of France and Britain. It contains three species: T. nikolai, T. rosieriensis and T. jenkinsi, the former two of which are known exclusively from teeth found at the sand quarry of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, [1] [2] while T. jenkinsi is known from a bedded sequence belonging to the Westbury Formation in a road cutting near Holwell, Dorset. [3] Theroteinus is the only member of the family Theroteinidae and the suborder Theroteinida. [1]